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3 episodes of Creative Juice - Monday Mornings!

August 8,2011

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Episode 603:
Vegas Baby

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We've got dice jewelry loaded with good luck, a striking playing card purse for hauling off your winnings, and personalized poker plates that will help you hit the crafting jackpot.

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Episode 604:
Monkey Business

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We are monkeying around with some crazy craft ideas. We go toe to toe with some super-cute sock monkeys, make fun and functional card cases that totally fit the bill, and mix up a scrumptious banana creme pie that has mass ap-peel. 

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Episode 605:
Wedding Favors

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We are walking you down the aisle with tons of bridal favor ideas. From the incredibly edible, like chocolate hearts and unique packaged treats, to the extraordinarily imaginative, like a message in a bottle, custom porcelain ornaments and show stopping wine stoppers, you're sure to make a great impression on any wedding guest.

Tune in or DVR - DIY Network - 3 episodes of Creative Juice - Monday Mornings

Get Your Creative Juice Fix.....
3 episodes of Creative Juice - Monday Mornings!

August 1, 2011

Mornings - Check your local times

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Episode 813:
Sweet Tooth

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In The Kitchen

Brownie Bowls with Chocolate Mousse
Fruit Pizza

Crafty Fun

Tooth Fairy Pillows

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Episode 601:
Plastic Fantastic

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Jewelry Projects

Shrink Plastic Jewelry
Vinyl Flower Pins

Home Crafts

Oil Cloth Table Runners
Silverware Caddy and Napkin Rings

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Episode 603:
Rock Out

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For the Home

Modern Pebble Painting

In The Garden

Growing Lucky Bamboo

Stepping Stones

Sips and Nips

Cocktails on the Rocks

Make This: Poker Time Plates and Dice Stir Sticks

Poker time plates are a snap to make. For this design we used Mod Podge to attach the paper cards to the back of a clear plate. To give the plates a silver shimmer we used metallic spray paint.

Supplies:
9” or larger clear glass plates
Laser color copies of playing cards
Mod Podge
Disposable paintbrushes
Silver metallic spray paint
Clear spray varnish
Scissors

Steps:
1. Trim the around the laser color copies of the cards.

2. Flip the glass plate over and apply decoupage glue to the front of the card copies. Place the color copied card (color side down) onto the glue in the desired position. Apply more decoupage to the back of the card. Use you finger to press out any air bubbles. Use the same technique to add additional cards to your plate if you desire.

3. Once dry, use blue painters’ tape to tape off the edge of the plate to the front only to prevent any overspray when you spray the back of the plate.

4. Working on old newspapers, turn the plate upside down and apply 3 coats of silver metallic spray paint. Allow to dry and top coat with a few coats of clear spray varnish. Allow the varnish to dry. Remove the painters’ tape.

5. Not suitable for a dishwasher. Please hand wash with care and don’t soak in water.


You can make skewers or stirrers for your party by using the same dice drilling technique we used to make the dice bracelet to thread dice and beads onto a cocktail stirrer or skewer and secure with glue.

Drink charms can be made with laser copies of playing cards that have been shrunk down or with small cards found at toy stores. Laminate them, add a small scrapbooking eyelet, thread them onto circular ear wires or cocktail charm blanks, and add some beads.

Drilling dice is easier than it looks!

These dice bracelets are sure to bring good luck.

Supplies:

5 Dice
Drill and 1/8" Drill Bit
Vice grip small strips of felt
E6000 glue
Jewelry stringing wire
Lobster clasp
Two crimp beads
Crimping tool
Jump ring
Seed, bugle, and crystal beads
Wire cutters
Round nosed pliers

Steps:

1. Attach the vice grip onto your work surface. Use E6000 to glue small strips of felt to each side of the vice to protect your dice from scratches.

2. Place one die into vice grip. Drill through the die with the 1/8” bit. Keep the bit straight and perpendicular to your work surface , and don’t apply too much pressure—let the bit do the work. Remove the die from the vice grip. Repeat until you have drilled all the dice.

3. Cut a length of stringing wire that is 6” or so large than your wrist. String one end through one crimp bead, through the lobster clasp, and back through the crimp bead. Crimp using a crimping tool.

4. Add some seed beads, bugle beads, and glass beads to the string. Be sure that the first beads hide the end of the wire. String on the first die. Add additional string and bugle beads and another die. Continue the same pattern until all the dice are strung and the bracelet is long enough to reach around your wrist.

5. Thread the end of the stringing wire through a crimp bead, through a large jump ring, and then back through the crimp bead. Crimp with the crimping tool. Thread the end of the wire back through the last few beads and cut away any excess wire with the wire cutters.

6. The same dice drilling technique can be used to create dice beads to be used in earrings and necklaces.

Make This! Playing Card Purse

Heading to Vegas or Atlantic City this summer? You really should whip up this show stopping laminated card purse!

On the set of Creative Juice - Vegas Baby Episode 603

Supplies:
1 Deck of Old Playing Cards (26 needed)
Hole punch
3/16” eyelets (154 needed)
Eyelet setter & hammer
¼” decorative red ribbon (7 yards)
Yarn or plastic canvas needle
Scissors
Laminating Sheets
2 sheets of 8.5 X 11 inch decorative paper
2 sheets of 4.25 X 8.5 inch decorative paper
1 sheet of 4.25 X 11 inch decorative paper
Glue stick
Two 10” lengths of ¼” diameter clear plastic tubing
1/8” dowel or bamboo skewer


1. Purse front and back: Glue stick 8 cards to one sheet of 8.5 X 11 inch sheet of paper. Repeat for the second sheet of paper. Laminate the sheets, trim the excess lamination from the edges.


2. Purse bottom: Glue stick 4 cards across the 4.25 X 11 inch sheet of paper. Laminate the sheet, trim the excess lamination from the edges.


3. Purse sides: Glue stick 3 cards 4.25 X 8.5 inch pieces of paper. Laminate the sheets, trim the excess lamination from the edges.

4. Use an eyelet hole punch and an eyelet setter to attach the eyelets. Use a marking pen to mark each eyelet placement before setting them. On the sides of each panel that measure 11”, set the first eyelet ½” from the edge and set 11 eyelets total spaced an inch apart. On the sides of the panels that measure 4.25”, set the first eyelet at 5/8” from the edge and set 4 eyelets total spaced an inch apart. For the sides of the panels that measure 8 ½”, set the first eyelet ¾” from the edge and set 8 eyelets total spaced an inch apart.

5. Thread the ¼” ribbon through the yarn or plastic canvas needle. Beginning with the purse front and sides, lace them together with the 1/4” ribbon. At the first hole, leave a 5” tail of ribbon at the back of the hole to use for tying later. Lace through one side panel eyelet, through a front panel eyelet and repeat for security. Whipstitch the remaining holes together. Do decorative lacing at the top edges, where no panels are being laced together. Keep lacing and add the remaining side and back. After the sides, front and back panels have been laced together, tie off the end of the ribbon after lacing it twice through the last hole.

6. Next lace the bottom to the purse, using the same technique.

7. To make a handle: thread a length of the ¼” ribbon through each length of tubing by folding an end over a dowel or skewer and pushing it through the tubing. Tie each end of the ribbon through an eyelet at the top of the purse to secure the handle.